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Bleeding again after lochia stopped?

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I had my baby over 6 weeks ago (Aug. 7th) and the lochia stopped flowing almost 3 weeks ago. Why am I bleeding again? I haven't even had sex yet when the bleeding started yesterday. Has this happened to anyone else?

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After I had my first child I bled for 6 weeks then it stopped for a week then I had what I thought was my period, only when it was done I didn't bleed again until I stopped breastfeeding 6 months later. With my second child I bled for 6 weeks then stopped for about a month then my regular cycle started, I breastfed him for 7 months.

I had my baby nine weeks ago and the bleeding cleared up after 5 weeks (which in itself seemed long...the bleeding stopped much sooner with my first child). Now, for the last 4 days, I have started bleeding again and fairly heavily. It's like a period but I am breastfeeding AND on the birth control pill. I called my doctor and she said not to worry...just use a back-up method of birth control. Did she somehow miss the fact that I'm gushing blood???? Not much chance of me having sex and getting pregnant this week with everything else going on down south!

hi, I know this post is quite old but I'm wondering what happened with all the mums who had their bleeding came back?? I'm in the same situation, my baby is 9 weeks old and my bleeding is still on and off. The doctor is confused as well! Thank you...

Please tell me if anyone had this, I have to wait Til the weekend is over but I'm nervous. I had my son two months ago. Lochia lasted 1 1/2 weeks then by 5/6 I got my period. It's now 8 wks and I have spotting. Shouldn't I be done by now? I'm getting tired of seeing blood.. Please tell me this is normal?!

Hi, I was wondering can someone please help me, I had given birth to my first child on the 4th of Jan 213. My lochia stopped on the 3rd week then started again on the 5th week then stopped at the start of my 6th week, my husband and I had sex at the end of my 6th week after I had been to see my doctor for my son and I 6weeks check up, I asked my doctor when will it be safe to have sex again he said if I didn't tear witch I didn't at giving birth or if I didn't have a C-section then basically once I have stopped bleeding. We had sex a day or two later I started bleeding again but it's not heavy and it's just lite. Should I see my doctor and has anyone else had this happen to them?

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